News May, 2015

By Brenda Bouw, Globe and Mail | Link to Article The federal government’s Start-up Visa Program, launched two years ago to lure immigrant entrepreneurs to grow their companies in Canada, is finally picking up steam.

By Nicholas Keung, Toronto Star | Link to Article Canada has dropped out of the top five nations when it comes to integrating immigrants, due to policy changes by Ottawa that restrict family reunification and citizenship.

By CBC News | Link to Article An Ontario Human Rights Tribunal ruling has highlighted the vulnerability of temporary foreign workers in a case where two women worked in what the tribunal called a “sexually poisoned work environment.”

2015 ELEANOR STRONG BURSARY This bursary is in honour of Eleanor Strong, the Founder and first Executive Director of ISSofBC. She was instrumental in establishing the model for providing settlement services for immigrants in BC.

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